Thin Client selection for server 2012 r2 remoteapp

‎04-30-201408:50 AM

Hi,

I have a remoteapp published (via RDP file) from a 2012r2 server. All is well testing with Win7 client computers. Now I need to select thin clients to run this app, but am struggling with what will or won't work.

t410, t510, t610?

Which OS? Thinpro, and FreeRDP, or WES 7 or 8?

A pointer to a "product selector" would be awesome ;-). But failing that, any recommendation or discussion is appreciated.

Thin Client selection for server 2012 r2 remoteapp

‎05-10-201410:34 AM

You're only real options are WES 7 or WES 8 with the RDP 8.1 update.

You can potentially try out Linux and Zero Clients have have newish versions of FreeRDP in their images. The FreeRDP project is attempting to support RDP 8.1 as we speak. The t410 I read seems to support FreeRDP 1.0.2 in the Dec 2013 image update for example.

Thin Client selection for server 2012 r2 remoteapp

‎06-03-201409:19 AM

The answer is ... the t510 with ThinPro 4.4 connects to server 2012 r2 RDS for both full RDS sessions and remoteapp sessions. USB redirection works. This is OOB, and, there is an update for FreeRDP that allows connections via RDS Gateway. From the HP device support webpage:

In addition to numerous defect fixes and minor enhancements, the freerdp-1.1-hp4 release includes:- Provides support for RD Gateway, an RDP feature akin to a proxy server, to allow access to RDP across network boundaries. Gateway parameters are specified in the Network Tab of the RDP connection settings.- Provides a more robust session redirect for RDP sessions handled by Remote Desktop Broker, including those of Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2.- Provides a new simplified interface for device redirection. In general, the USB control panel determines whether a device is redirected and the connection's settings under Local Resources determine how a device is redirected.- Provides a more robust lost-connection handler to allow quick reconnection after a network or server dropout.- Provides more consistent performance from smartcard readers.- Addresses issues with the Remote Control sessions from an RDP server.

Thin Client selection for server 2012 r2 remoteapp

‎08-12-201403:24 AM

Hi guys,

For a Windows Server back end I would personally only recommend a WES thin client.

Any Windows based client will always have a more up to date and feature rich client than a Linux client can deliver. You may save some money going Linux, but at a risk of not getting the feature your user wants.

Microsoft don't exactly make it as easy as they could to make non Windows client.

One thin also to take not of is that Microsoft dont seem to have released a RDP V8.1 for WES8 as yet. They may at some time in the future but if we dont have one now, I doubt one is comming.

Microsoft have released a RDP V8.1 client for WES7 (go figure), so until a V8.1 client is available for WES8, I would be recommending WES7.

Thin Client selection for server 2012 r2 remoteapp

‎05-13-201510:11 PM

While the devices mentioned ablove are very old devices and i have not had anything to do with them for some time, there may be some value in looking at the documents that detail configuring the server end to try and negotioate to RDP7.

I have been lead to believe that RDP on current generaton server trys RDP8(.*) and fails back to RDP6 ratehr than RDP7.